Ridge, New York

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1983. It stands in Mount Morris town. It lies in ZIP code area 14510. The Survey maps it on the Mount Morris quadrangle.

Ridge within Livingston County

Then and now

1905 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ridge, surveyed 1983

Topographic sheet of Ridge, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

1905 USGS Nunda quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1943 USGS Mount Morris quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1944 USGS Mount Morris quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1962 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Elmira quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Mount Morris quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1983 USGS Canandaigua quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

88 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Ridge between 2002 and 2020, burning about 68 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	55
Arson/incendiarism	10
Smoking	9
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Other causes	2
Debris and open burning	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
2 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
11 September 2003	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
3 August 2007	Natural	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
24 August 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
28 July 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A
20 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	not named
12 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	NA
4 June 2014	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Fire Department of New York	N/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Livingston County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ridge: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Royal Salt Co.Well	Salt	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Livingston County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Brooks Grove	3.2 miles	22
Tuscarora	3.9 miles	21
Mount Morris	4.0 miles	21
Sonyea	4.6 miles	21
Coopersville	5.0 miles	21
Shaker Crossing	5.3 miles	21
Pine Tavern	5.4 miles	23
Kysorville	6.7 miles	21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 962491. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.